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Morpheus Proposal PoLL 2

I submit that there is no government. "The government" is an illusion, sometimes consensual. In fact, there are only individuals. Individuals in "the government" get away with murder, theft, lies, deceit, fraud, violence, viciousness, and betrayal. Were those individuals without governmental sanction, they would be merely bullies, killers, and thieves. They would deserve no greater respect and no swifter punishment. As "the government" however, they are understood to be immune from prosecution, immune from lawsuits, immune from criticism. Even their own treason1 against the constitution is considered acceptable, whereas it is considered treasonous to accuse them of treason.

I submit that there is no government. "The government" is an illusion, sometimes consensual. In fact, there are only individuals. Individuals in "the government" get away with murder, theft, lies, deceit, fraud, violence, viciousness, and betrayal. Were those individuals without governmental sanction, they would be merely bullies, killers, and thieves. They would deserve no greater respect and no swifter punishment. As "the government" however, they are understood to be immune from prosecution, immune from lawsuits, immune from criticism. Even their own treason1 against the constitution is considered acceptable, whereas it is considered treasonous to accuse them of treason.

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there is a delightful motif of numbers. Alittle later, we meet the character "Neo" who, we are told is "the one."Obviously, Neo is an anagram of "one." We meet him for the first time in hisroom, 101. Numbers play a key role in a society in which people are not merely cogs ina wheel, but a "human resource" in the most barbaric sense of the term.Certain key characters are identified with numbers, Trinity - three, Neo - one,Cipher - zero."Let me give you a piece of advice: be honest. He knows more than you canimagine," says Trinity at a critical juncture in the film. As with much of theother advice throughout the film, this advice proves to be excellent. Trinitygives Neo this advice as they stand together outside a door, behind which is the man Neo has come tomeet. Neo enters the room. Standing against the windows opposite the door is a tall, bald, black man in a longleather coat. After introducing himself as Morpheus, he says, "I imagine that right now you're feeling a bit like Alice…tumbling down the rabbit hole? I can see it in your eyes. You have the look of a manwho accepts what he sees because he's expecting to wake up. Ironically, this is not far from the truth."There is further irony in the fact that in Ovid's

, the character Morpheus was the deityresponsible for sleep, dreams, and the forms that dreamers see. The Morpheus of "The Matrix" isresponsible for helping dreamers wake up and see the forms of reality.Morpheus continues, "Let me tell you why you're here. You're here because you know something. Whatyou know you can't explain. But you feel it. You've felt it your entire life. That there's something wrongwith the world. You don't know what it is, but it's there. Like a splinter in your mind, driving you mad.It is this feeling that has brought you to me. Do you know what I'm talking about?"With a voice full of uncertainty, Neo asks, "The Matrix?""Do you want to know what it is?" Morpheus inquires very deliberately.At a nod from Neo, Morpheus continues, "The matrix is everywhere. It is all around us. Even now, inthis very room. You can see it when you look out your window or when you turn on your television.